Connecticut western news., 1887-11-23
CURRENT EVENTS ABROAD.

The troops in London are being supplied with buckshot from Woolwich Arsenal, and arise, resulting from attempts to hold meet ings in Trafalgar Square. Sir Frederick Leighton and other members of the aristoc- racy have been enrolled as special constables.
 -Tsung Lii Yamen, who has superior power in all matters of Chinese foreign policy, bas cancelled all contracts made by Lii Hung Chang wilh Count Mitkiewitcz.
 MT. Parnell has written letter to news agency saying that his health is slowly but steadily improving. He does not intend to speak during the Parliamentary recess, as his doctors have advised him to avoid exposure, which would probably bring on chills. He is now staying at Hastings, where he will remain during the winter unless the weather becomes very severe, in which case he will go to Egypt
 -Placards have been posted in Tipperary calling upon the people to pay no rent nor taxes until MT O'Brien has been released.
 Mir. Gladstone, in letter, says that the Mitchelstown shooting and the arrest of Mr. Wilfrid Blunt had no connection with the crimes contemplated under the Coercion act, and therefore the Governments action was il- legal.
 Munich papers say that Prince Bismarck is expected to go to San Reno shortly, and that the hotel apartments recently occupied by Prince William have been reserved for him.
 The Queen of Sweden has become insane.
 Lord Roseberry was chosen Rector of Glas- gow University
 James White swore in Joliet, H., that the President of the Lambert & Bishop Wire Fence Company gave him S5, 900 to set fire to the building. Insurance companies have paid $1OO,0 and now seek to recover.
 Dr. Thomas Evans gave dinner party to distinguished company in honor of Mr. Blaine in Paris.
 The King of Italy: 'sMy heart rejoices that Italy, so strong through her arms and sure of her alliances, is friendly with all nations. She continues her forward march in the fam side with the leading States. She does not fear retrogression. All my efforts aim at the preservation of peace. The other great pow CTS have the same object in view. In Africa, where the Italian soldier even when falling fighting proved his virtues, We aim at peace corresponding with our rights. Italy must not only be an element of peace, she must also be an element of civilization and justice These are the principles by which Italy rose, and they indicate her mission. It Is only by being faithful to the principles to which the nation owes it's life and my house it's glory, by remaining united in the path of lb- erty, that we can unfailingly obtain the sym pathy of nations, fortunes and rewards"
 A meeting of 5000 Poles was held in Po- sen to protest against the abolition of the Polsh language in the schools.
 Negotiations have been opened between the Rothschilds and the Hungarian Minister of Finance for new five per cent. loan.
 The Lord Mayor of Dublin has postponed the annual ball out of sympathy for William OBrien.
 M. Foubert, late Treasurer of the French Ministry of the Interior, has been arrested on account of his connection with swlndllng scandal originating in 1885.
 The German Grown Prince will remain in San Remo all winter for treatment
 Tt is rumored that the Council in Dublin has decided to order the arrest of John Dill Ion.
 The Freeman g Journal says that the clothes offered to MT. O'Brien in Tullamore jail were made at Mountjoy prison, and were of blue material. They were totally unlike the ordi- nary prison garb. Dr. Moorhead has had an interview with MT. OBrien. He says he found him fercely excited and coughing frequently. He complained of breach of faith on the part of the jailors in removing his clothes while he was in bed. A meeting of Land Leaguers was held in front of Lisfarny castle, Waterford, the residence of MT. Pyne mem Der of Parliament, for whose arrest warrant has been issued. Mir. Pyne has taken refuge in the castle, which he has fortified and in- trenched. He addressed the crowd through an aperture in the castle. He boasted that the building was perfectly fortified, and he defied the police to make an assault. The city of Limerick has been proclaimed under the Crimes act. The Land Commission has duced rents in Limerick 40 per cent.
 Doughty the London workmen's delegate, was arrested at Dublin on the charge of sedi- tion.